Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14772, Samuel Gardner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gardner, Samuel Nabby
W 14772
CONTENTS

Let to R. Baldwin, June 21, 1836
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10,026
Massachusetts Samuel Gardner
of Hington in the state of Mass. to who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Separa of the Mass. line, for the term of three years War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the first of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Ap. 1819 and sent to Mrs. Nahum Mitchell East Bridgewater Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  88. 00    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 4 th 1819  48. 00     $136.00  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cashier

Samuel Gardner Kingston L.G. 2/22

I Samuel Gardner of Kingston in the county of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the fifty seventh year of my age depose set forth testify and declare That I was a lifer soldier in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain on the continen- tal establishment and that I enlisted into the three years service in May 1781 into Capt David Holbrook's Company and Col. Shephard's Regiment and Massa- chusetts line and served therein until the end. which time I served faithfully and was honorably discharged. I had a discharge but I have lost it. Samuel Gardner.
Sworn to April 1. 1818.
I Samuel Gardner of Kingston do further declare that from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my Country for support. My name has sometimes been written Garnet, — and I do not know but it was written so, when I enlisted. — I find it is so on the military books of that day whenever it is found here. I forward a certificate from the Superintendent of this County. — I belonged to Pembroke when I enlisted; and my name was entered by mistake Garnet. I would not write nor read writing at that time. Samuel Gardner.
Sworn to before me
Nahum Mitchell: Judge for

Samuel Gardner
10.026
Sept 1829
C

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth 88.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Samuel Gardner aged fifty six years, resident in Duxbury in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of three years viz in Collo.  Shepard's Reg t 2 years & Capt. David Holbrook's company, 1 Colo t . Militia Reg t about one year and that he has received a pension certificate dated 30 th April 1819 and numbered 10026 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 1 st day of April 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Value $14.00 I have no real estate. I have personal estate 3 chairs - 1 old Bureau - crockery glass & wooden ware & hollow iron ware I owe 55 dollars to divers persons. My occupation is that of a cooper my infirmity renders me unable to pursue my occupation. my family consists of 2 persons besides myself viz my wife Abigail aged 56 years unable by reason of infirmity to support herself Charlotte Holmes aged 25 years who with the aid of my wife takes care of the my family & no more. Sworn to, and declared, on the 17 th day of July A D 1820. Samuel Gardner before Nahum Mitchell  Epstein of Scituate
I, John B Thomas clerk of said Court. do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fourteen dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty ninth day of Dec r A D 1820
$14.00
J. B. Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss
On this fifteenth day of January in the year 1844 Personally appeared before the Hon Court of Probate in & for the County of Plymouth Nabby Gardner a resident of Duxbury in the County aforesaid aged Twenty Nine years who being first duly sworn according to law - doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows Also the act of Congress passed March 1843 granting or renewing the pension aforesaid for one year from that date That she is the widow of Samuel Gardner who was a soldier & musician in the Army of the Revolution That he entered the Army in the early part of the war & served at different times & places by land and sea for about two years. After which he enlisted some time in the year 1780 or 81 for three years and served untill after the peace and was honorably discharged in the fore part of the year 1784 That he entered as she believes as a fifer & served as such For which service he was

Pensioned under the act of Congress of March 1818. For evidence of his service, she refers to his declaration and evidence on file in the Pension Office. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Gardner on the fourth day of November in the year seventeen hundred and ninety that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Gardner died on the sixth day of September 1812. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred & ninety four or at the time above written.
Nabby Gardner
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that the above named Nabby Gardner subscribed & made oath to the above declaration in open Probate Court on the day & year herein first before written.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this fifteenth day of January 1844 Jacob H. Lord

9904
Nabby Gardner Nass
Act 7. July 1838
Adm
2 gr Fifer
887
Gen. D. S. King 17 R

I Lemuel May of Attleboro' in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Mass ts . certify under oath & say that I am Town Clerk of the Town of Attleboro' & keep the Town records thereof. that the following is a true copy of the records of Marriages of said Town. viz. November fourth one Thousand seven hundred and ninety. Married Samuel Gardner & Mrs. Nabby Taber both of Attleboro' Elisha May Jur. Pean ss with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows. Nov r 4. 1790. Lemuel May Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Mass ts Bristol County ss. Dec r 22 d 1843
Then the above named Lemuel May personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate by him signed before me
Apollon Cushman Justice of Peace Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. I. Lemuel Sproul, Clerk of the Superior Court then for said County of Bristol, do hereby Certify that Apollon Cushman Esq. whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, is a person of the peace, in said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty fifth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and forty three. L d Sproul

I Merlín Gardner of Duxbury in the county of Plymouth, Massachusetts, depose & say that I was present in the time of the sickness and death of Samuel Gardner of Duxbury a pensioner of the United States & also attended his funeral in September 1842. I further certify that Nobbey Gardner is the widow of said Samuel Gardner & that she has not married since his decease given under my hand this fifteenth day of January 1844
Merlín Gardner
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss
Subscribed & sworn to on the day & year above written before me I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent & that he is entitled to full credit & belief
Seth Sprague Jr Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Plymouth
Clerks Office January 15 1844
I Nathaniel Morse Clerk of the Judicial Court for the said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Seth Hazzard Juror before whom the foregoing deposition was sworn is a justice of the peace in the said County of Plymouth duly commissioned & qualified under the authority of said Commonwealth, and that his signature to the jurat thereof is genuine
Witnessing whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court on the day & year aforesaid
Nathaniel Morse Clerk

Reported
5264
Massachusetts
Nabby Gardner, widow of Saml Gardner who was a Hiker in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars and Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April 1844 and sent to Seth Sprague, Jr. Duxbury, Mass
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book 4 Vol. 1. Page 202

8113
Massachusetts
Rep 17 Feb 44
Nabby Gardner
widow of Sam l Gardner
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 6 th Sept. 1842 of Plymouth in the State of Mass a who was a fifer in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Chaplin in the Mass a line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of MASS a at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 day of Feby 1844 and sent to Hon. J. P. King N.R.
Total amount, $440.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Frann Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 Page 59.

Samuel Gardner
Kingston Ms
81 to 84
Shepard's Map 15
Rect
Samithea

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss. On this first day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Samuel Gardner of Kingston aged fifty six years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war." ss.
That he served in said war for the last 3 years in Capt. Holbrook's Compy. of Shepard's Regt. & Mass. Line -
/ see his said declaration enclosed,

And I am satisfied the said Gardner is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support.
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. Plymouth COUNTY, }
On this twenty fifth day of July 1848 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid,
Nabby Gardner a resident of Duxbury in the county of Plymouth aged Eighty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Samuel Gardner who was a resident of Duxbury and who was a fifer in the War of the Revolution and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of eighty eight dollars and cents per annum.
She further declares that she is still a widow.
Nabby Gardner
Sworn to and subscribed on the day } and year above written, }
Before me,
In presence of
Isaac Dunham  William G. Gardner
Seth Sprague Jr.
Justice of the Peace.
* Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a pensioner, as she declares.
Seth Sprague Jr.
Justice of the Peace.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY, }
X,
Clerk of the
Court, of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of said Court, this day of
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CLERK.

Home of Reps —
Jan. 20. 1843 —
Hon Mr. Edwards Commission of Pensions Sir -
Will you have the good- ness to address any commu- nication you may have to make on the application of Nabby Gardner of Duxbury to me 2 With great respect
Your ob. serv't Dani! P. King

Boston, Massachusetts.
June 13 th 1836.
Sir
At the request of John Bourn, of Marshfield, Plymouth County I transmit herewith his Pension Certificate. For the purpose of an exchange for the benefit of the Act 9 th June 1832
In corroboration of his service, as a Sergeant I transmit an Original Muster Roll, which after examination, I request may be returned to me without fail, (as it is borrowed) together with your answer.
Samuel Gardner, a Pensioner of Duxborough, in said County, has authorized me to solicit a brief copy of his Original Declaration and the accompanying affidavits, which were forwarded as proof of his service, in support of his claim to a Pension under the act of 14 th March 1818, — for the purpose of establishing his claim to the state Gratuity of 50 Dollars.
Please answer this communication and forward the same to me at this place
Very Respectfully Sir I am your Obedient servant Reuben Baldwin
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

I hereby certify that Samuel Gannet enlisted for three years as a Soldier in the Continental Army for the Town of Pembroke. enlisted the 31 st March 1781. He was sent on by me to Boston and received by Maj r J. Pittingill a Continental Officer - a copy from record kept by me as Superintendent for the Troops raised from the County of Plymouth to recruit the Army
Nath l Woodhull Plymouth April 16 1818

5626.
Washington 26
Commissions of Officers
Robert G. Smith
8/13
FREE
Sept 17th 38
lock into
the
adm't act Mar 3, 1843 # 88 pr Ann.
Send Cert to
Seton Sprague Jr
Duxbury
Mass.

Duxbury Massachusetts March 15 1846
Hon J. L. Edwards } Commissioner of Pensions }
Dear Sir
about two weeks since I received through the Hon D. P. King member of congress from Mass. a Pension certificate for Mrs. Nancy Gordin (widow of Samuel Gordin deceased a Revolutionary Pensioner) - entitling her to five years pension under the Act of Congress of July 7 1838 By reference to her declaration filed I think last December or perhaps January you will perceive that she there makes application not only for the five years Pension but also for the one year's pension under the Act passed March 3 d 1843 As certificates have been granted for both under similar applications I presume the omission to send a certificate for the one year was a mistake of the clerk Will you be so good as to forward me as soon as convenient her certificate for the Pension to which she is entitled under the law of March 3 d 1843 & oblige a poor old lady
Your Humble Servt
Seth Sprague Jr

Rev
WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 14772  Nancy Gardner  widow of  Samuel Gardner  Stifer Rev War
Act: Feb 2d 48
Index:—Vol. a , Page 264
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Gardner, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7174 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 30, 1790 To Edward Campston, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.